And now we see the real plan. Get the Captain on the computer to see his ex-wife. In the end, it’s kind of weak. There should have been something extra on the plan, or a bigger reaction from the Captain. It bears fruit, sure, but I think the Captain’s reaction could have been stronger and [...]
Posts Tagged ‘star maiden’
A fun, fun page. Star Maiden is just a pure pleasure to right. Star Maiden started out as Star Woman. Eventually, that character turned into Spy Gal (as explained in the commentary for episode 6, I think). Still, the initial idea for Star Woman wouldn’t let go. I knew I wanted a Wonder Woman type. [...]
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May 11, 10 | SF Origins: Star Maiden, Pg. 5 “Hurts to Look at Her” |
Jan 26, 10 | SF Origins: The Six Wives of Captain Spectacular, Pg. 3 “Explosive Ending” |
Mar 31, 07 | 130 – When Pigs Fly |
Feb 15, 11 | Pg. 3 “For The Girls” |
Apr 13, 10 | SF Origins: Star Maiden, Pg. 1 “Troubled Birth” |
That last panel of Star Maiden is something I’m really pleased with. I wanted a really fluid figure and I often have a hard time drawing women. I surprised myself here. For some reason, readers really latched onto the phrase “Spill it, Gramps!” I have no idea why. I didn’t think it was particularly funny. [...]
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93 – Beginning the Tale of How Captain Spectacular Met and Married Star Maiden
by Brock Heasley on February 2nd, 2007The genesis for this flashback came from Daniel Woodhouse, artist on “Thog Infinitron” and sometime artist of “Beaver and Steve.” I asked Dan to do a short backup story for the second SuperFogeys book and asked him what he wanted to draw. He said “Captain Spectacular fighting in the skies above a city. Maybe a [...]
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Jun 9, 22 | 896 – Pushed Aside |
Apr 27, 12 | Pg. 10 “Mother and Child Reunion” |
Oct 17, 06 | 24 – Too Little Too Late |
Dec 18, 13 | 558 – Sokol Steps Up |
Aug 31, 12 | Pg. 4 “Crib Cage” |
I don’t know why Mr. Crook is in there. It doesn’t really add anything to the story to have him there. Great Dr. Rocket moment though. I had a lot of fun drawing that tongue and making it as yucky as possible.
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The obvious signified of a flashback is to do the art in black and white. That gray shading I add in there is an effect I wish I had time to do on all the SuperFogeys strips. Plans are for that effect to be added to the strips for the trade collections. Once that happens, [...]
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Dec 8, 20 | 860 – Idiot Martha |
Dec 5, 06 | 54 – Gene Gets What’s Coming to Him |
Jan 20, 07 | 77 – Headed for a Time-Out |
Oct 1, 12 | 445 – I Don’t Know What I’ve Been Told |
Mar 25, 13 | 491 – Proof |
This strip is a favorite of mine. It’s some of my favorite dialog I’ve written and the sparse look really works for it. Portal could have been drawn better though.
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Apr 13, 11 | 307 – T-Magus |
Feb 16, 10 | SF Origins: The Six Wives of Captain Spectacular, Pg. 6 “The Bottle and the Women” |
Dec 18, 19 | 820 – Heart-Stopping Great Looks |
Jul 16, 18 | Pg. 7 “Passion Enough to Change a Heart” |
Dec 7, 06 | 56 – Dr. Rocket Will Have His Revenge |
Obviously, something big went down in that other dimension. For the whole story, check out the backup tale “Captain Spectacular and Star Maiden in the Inevitable Dimension” in the second SuperFogeys book. It’s drawn by Julio Molina-Muscara, artist on “Omega Chase.” I wanted a “no bad guy” break-up here. I think you get where everyone [...]
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May 27, 13 | 507 – Telling Off Skunk Head |
Dec 5, 16 | 716 – Boy Haircut |
Jul 23, 12 | 429 – Shenanigans |
Apr 2, 12 | 400 – Dark Maiden |
Jul 16, 18 | Pg. 7 “Passion Enough to Change a Heart” |
The Pig is the minister! That’s the payoff to the Space Pig’s WebSpace page. Don’t know how many people picked up on that. I had a lot of fun with this page. Designing the Ninja Bridesmaid was particularly fun.
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Aug 9, 22 | 913 – Any Questions? |
Sep 8, 09 | SF Origins: Herman’s Story, Pg. 2 “The Happiest Year” |
Oct 17, 06 | 24 – Too Little Too Late |
Jan 18, 11 | SF Origins: The Thrice Evil, Pg. 5 “Hungry” |
Some people objected to the Captain and Star Maiden getting a divorce over a stinky sock. Them I would say: it’s one panel. Obviously, there’s a much bigger story there. I had a lot of fun with the interplay between Dictator Tot and Captain Spectacular here. I need to get those two together again.
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Dec 8, 06 | 57 – Captain Spectacular Forgot His Pants |
Oct 5, 12 | Pg. 7 “The Babymaker” |
Jul 30, 18 | Pg. 9 “Who is Talking?” |
Apr 20, 10 | SF Origins: Star Maiden, Pg. 2 “Into The Night” |
Jan 6, 20 | 821 – Frightening Frogs |
And now you see the entire impetus for the Wii storyline. I knew I wanted Star Maiden to be so deranged that she actually sees the Fogeys as their younger selves. With that in mind, I thought her interpretation of “air boxing” would be hilarious. Turned out to be more dramatic, but what are you [...]
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Aug 18, 22 | 916 – Restoration |
Mar 23, 07 | 122 – Who Will Jerry Fight? |
Sep 23, 08 | 165 – Not a Villain? |
Jan 11, 17 | 725 – Slaughter Many, Many More |
Aug 5, 08 | 151 – Peanut Butter Cookies |
Visually, this is a very exciting strip for me. Even the lame “Kirby Dot” I used for the energy effect on Star Maiden’s blast look pretty decent. This is the strip where I began to realize just how much fun writing Star Maiden was going to be. I mean, here I have a character that [...]
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Nov 26, 09 | 235 – In His Shadow |
Mar 7, 12 | 393 – Impasse |
Oct 22, 20 | 849 – Break a Hip |
Nov 24, 20 | 858 – She Brewed Beer Yesterday |
This is another callback to Spy Gal’s initial appearance in Chapter 1 where the Fogeys discussed her “hotness.” Again, Star Maiden’s reference to bunnies is not so random as it first appears. A quick read of episodes 44 and 45 of Chapter 2 should give enough of a clue to what she might be talking [...]
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Jun 14, 22 | 897 – Streaking Past |
Oct 30, 19 | 808 – 2.5 Seconds Later |
Feb 2, 07 | 93 – Beginning the Tale of How Captain Spectacular Met and Married Star Maiden |
May 4, 11 | 313 – Dr. Rocket’s Space Journey, Pt. 2: A Lovely Woman |
Nov 23, 11 | 365 – Bloody Roofie |
Some pretty loaded dialog here, and one of my favorite CS/Jerry conversations at that. I like the talky stuff. Action is fun and I understand the need for it, but I always see the core of the SuperFogeys being the interplay between the characters. That’s where the meat is. Love the promise of the last [...]
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Sep 5, 16 | 696 – Account Closed |
Jul 20, 10 | SF Origins: Spy Gal’s Secret Mission, Pg. 1 “Entry” |
May 5, 12 | Pg. 11 “Fly Away” |
Oct 17, 06 | 24 – Too Little Too Late |
Jan 19, 10 | SF Origins: The Six Wives of Captain Spectacular, Pg. 2 “Homewreckers” |
I did it. I did a strip with no males in it. In one sense, I really like writing women. It’s different and it’s fun to get outside of myself like that. On the other hand…I”m no woman. There’s a lot going on here. Star Maiden is obviously not on the same page as Spy [...]
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Jul 11, 14 | Pg. 2 “The Devil in the Dark” |
Feb 7, 07 | 97 – The Return |
Sep 4, 08 | 160 – Best Friends Forever? |
Jun 22, 15 | 646 – Dark Maiden Wants What Now? |
Some readers misunderstood this strip to mean that Spy Gal is upset at Star Maiden again. Not my intention at all, something I hope becomes clear in the next strip. Swifty’s line at the end came from trial and error. All of his dialog in the last panel went through many iterations. I think the [...]
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Jan 17, 07 | 72 – Dictator Tot’s Marching Orders |
Jan 1, 14 | Guest Strip by Crystal Murphy, 4! |
Nov 20, 19 | 814 – Ptoof! |
Oct 8, 09 | 228 – The Star Maiden Strip Show |
Jun 29, 12 | Pg. 3 “Sounds Like Monsters” |
The rare one-paneler! Very rarely do I have an idea for a strip that lends itself to this. The challenge is the layout. Getting all those characters into one frame isn’t easy for me, but well worth it, I think.
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Nov 11, 19 | 811 – Attack Pattern |
Nov 28, 16 | 714 – Pathetic Counterpart |
Feb 20, 12 | 388 – Bay-buh |
May 14, 18 | 786 – The Opening of the Door |
Mar 8, 11 | Pg. 6 “Area is Secure” |
My mother hates the language in the SuperFogeys. This bleeped out stuff isn’t for her. Can’t imagine what she’d say if I didn’t censor. Personally, I can’t stand foul language. I think I’ve said the “F” word twice in my life. Once out of anger and another time by accident. Both times, it ruined my [...]
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Jan 18, 07 | 73 – It’s FUN to Share |
Apr 30, 12 | 407 – Spy Days Are Over |
May 21, 09 | 209 – Coming to Jesus |
Oct 13, 20 | 846 – Oh, He Dead |
Jun 27, 12 | 424 – Somebody That He Used to Know |
A transitional strip. I hate these. Usually, I’m able to cover it up better with a joke, but not so much here.
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Sep 3, 09 | 223 – On Your Marks… |
Mar 1, 11 | Pg. 5 “Couture Fashion” |
Jul 11, 11 | 332 – Captain Spectacular’s Buds |
Jul 14, 22 | 906 – He Looks Different |
May 13, 11 | Pg. 5 “Jerry the Superhero” |
The plot of this particular strip was pretty simple: Jerry and Dictator Tot play Wii Bowling. DT loses. DT pulls out a gun. Here’s the script, as originally written: 123 – 1: DT assuming the bowling stance. DT: Bowling is very simple. The remote is like the ball. You pull it back with the button… [...]
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Jul 12, 22 | 905 – Big Landing |
Aug 26, 11 | Pg. 6 “The Missing Spark” |
Mar 28, 12 | 399 – Surprise, Swifty Disapproves of Everyone |
Mar 21, 07 | 120 – Swifty’s Losing? |
Dec 21, 12 | Guest Strip by Crystal Murphy! |
There’s a kid with a gun. The kid’s a villain though, so I’m asking you to go with it. There’s not much funny about gun violence. This isn’t the place to really get into it, but my life has certainly been affected by gun violence on more than one occasion. My feeling is that if [...]
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Jun 1, 10 | SF Origins: The Life and Times of Soviet Sam, Pg. 2 “Fallen Villain” |
Feb 6, 12 | 384 – Taking It Well |
Nov 23, 11 | 365 – Bloody Roofie |
Sep 18, 16 | 700 – Happy Tenth Anniversary, SuperFogeys |
Mar 26, 12 | 398 – Rookie Hero Move |
I love this strip. You need that reaction to the name “Third Man” and the leap in logic Star Maiden makes here is a nice shout-out to one of my heroes, Orson Welles. Some day, I have to actually draw a Zombie Orson Welles. In that first panel, Dictator Tot is being removed from the room [...]
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Jan 28, 07 | 88 – Who Smells Like Fish? |
Aug 6, 09 | 219 – Bubbles of Light 5 |
Mar 16, 07 | 115 – Star Maiden Flattens Dr. Rocket |
Jul 16, 18 | Pg. 7 “Passion Enough to Change a Heart” |
Oct 16, 06 | 23 – The Incontinent Duo |
Did Swifty go too far? That’s what some readers thought. I admit that I had second thoughts about this one as well, but knowing what I know about Swifty and Jerry’s relationship, I think he is justified. True, I haven’t actually REVEALED why Swifty hates Jerry so much, but still… The second panel with Spy Gal’s [...]
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Mar 18, 21 | 883 – Through the Mall! |
Dec 2, 10 | 287 – GAH! |
Apr 6, 12 | Pg. 7 “Death or Peanut Butter Cookies?” |
Sep 28, 12 | GUEST STRIP by Crystal Murphy, Summer Fun Pt. 4 |
Nov 11, 10 | 284 – Pairing Off |
Here’s a bit of a storytelling trick…by keeping Dr. Rocket out of the strip for several weeks (off camera–he was in the room the whole time), I make his appearance in the last panel just that much more surprising. That’s the hope anyway. It all seems terribly convenient, I agree. You’re supposed to be thinking [...]
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Mar 16, 12 | Pg. 4 “An Unexpected Cellmate” |
Dec 21, 16 | 721 – Requiem for Money Man |
Oct 12, 10 | SF Origins: Spy Gal, Pg.7 “BOOM” |
Oct 22, 12 | 451 – Will Tangerine Help? |
Aug 21, 19 | 793 – The Hero He Hates to Be |
How did I go this long without a “When Pigs Fly” joke? That first panel was a challenge for me. In case you haven’t already been able to tell, perspective isn’t my strong suit. Still, I’m pleased with how it turned out. I think it works for what it is. Again, Star Maiden is just [...]
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Apr 1, 11 | Pg. 9 “Always” |
Mar 6, 07 | 108 – Spy Gal Will Protect Jerry |
Aug 22, 16 | 692 – See! You Are Needed! |
Nov 13, 17 | 746 – The New Maid |
May 16, 18 | 787 – Where to Start? |
Had a blast with the first panel. I love drawing Mr. Crook, design courtesy of Eskimo Dave creator Mike Hartigan. I wish he wasn’t dead. Check back to Episode 10 of Chapter 1 for a part of Mr. Crook’s story. Mustache on Captain Spectacular doesn’t look too bad. A little more insight on the Jerry/Swifty [...]
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Aug 31, 11 | 347 – Witch Fontana’s Fortunate Fortunes |
Sep 7, 16 | 697 – No Fun Being Ignored |
Nov 25, 11 | Pg. 2 “The Third Man” |
Aug 21, 15 | 672 – To The USZ! |
Mar 7, 12 | 393 – Impasse |
This is a mean, mean cliffhanger. I don’t know that it’s fair to end this chapte like this, but it really couldn’t end any other way. Thematically, the next chapter has to begin a few seconds after Dr. Rockets declaration of good news and bad news. I’m hoping it’ll make sense why I did it [...]
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Oct 23, 17 | 740 – Boop |
Jul 9, 18 | Pg. 6 “Date or Fight?” |
Jan 11, 10 | Guest Strip by Bearman of “Bearman Cartoons!” |
Jun 4, 12 | 417 – Guess Who’s Back? |
Feb 20, 12 | 388 – Bay-buh |
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Sep 2, 10 | 274 – Up and Walking |
Mar 10, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 4 “Arrival in New York” |
Jan 22, 20 | 826 – Into the Suckface |
Apr 9, 09 | 203 – Shame, Shame |
Aug 12, 13 | 525 – Temptation |
UPDATE! COLLECTION #4 NOW AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER! This is it! The cover to the fourth collection of the SuperFogeys. Dare I say it’s our best one yet? Didn’t start out that way though. Th3rd World Publisher Michael DeVito deserves all the credit in the world for the stellar job he did on the coloring for [...]
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Jun 29, 11 | 329 – Ear Twist |
Apr 2, 12 | 400 – Dark Maiden |
Apr 2, 09 | 202 – He Started Stuttering |
Jan 12, 10 | SF Origins: The Six Wives of Captain Spectacular, Pg. 1 “Sweet Samantha” |
Mar 10, 07 | 109 – WHO THREW THIS!? |
THE TEASER FOR CHAPTER 7, “VISITING DAY” Chapter 6, “Funeral for a Frenemy” is over! The Dr. Rocket we knew was really the impostor Herman! The real Dr. Rocket is back! So…now what? What happens in “Visiting Day?” I cannot tell, but I can tease… Spoiler Alert! Skip to the next section of the post [...]
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Apr 4, 11 | 304 – Catchy and Mysterious |
Oct 2, 06 | 10 – Why Spy Gal Came to Valhalla |
Jul 14, 14 | 609 – Humbled |
Dec 31, 08 | Guest Strip by Edward Krebes of “Hobo and Bowser!” |
Oct 13, 09 | SF Origins: JA – Tom’s Story, Pg. 2 “Not About My Dad” |
Commentary I’m proud to say that no one guessed how in the world the cliffhanger from the end of the last chapter would resolve itself. The nice thing about doing a humor strip is that, at times, the humor can be a convenient “out” of a storytelling situation and somehow it doesn’t feel cheap. In [...]
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Sep 7, 10 | SF Origins: Spy Gal, Pg. 2 “Cats at the Back” |
Jan 25, 12 | 381 – Shut Up |
Apr 22, 10 | 253 – Destiny Screwed Over |
Oct 14, 06 | 21 – You Must Respect Women, Dr. Rocket! |
Jan 6, 14 | 560 – Lifeless |
Commentary This strip hearkens back to something set up in Star Maiden’s WebSpace page, namely that she was a webcam girl. I had a lot of fun with the second panel in trying to make Star look both sexy and deranged. The drool pretty much sold it. Swifty’s feeling at the end of this strip pretty [...]
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May 28, 12 | 415 – Someone REALLY Hates Space Monkeys |
Dec 21, 16 | 721 – Requiem for Money Man |
Oct 31, 11 | 359 – Warmed Up |
Apr 22, 13 | 499 – Statuesque |
Jun 18, 18 | Pg. 3 “The Prophecy” |
BRIAN ANDERSON Today’s amazing spotlight on Dr. Rocket comes to us from Brian Anderson of the nationally syndicated comic strip,Dog Eat Doug! Brian is doing me a huge favor this week as last week’s ER visit really threw me off my game. Look at the detail in the good Doctor’s face! Amazing work, Brian, and [...]
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Mar 3, 11 | 298 – Vile Villainous Vole |
Dec 29, 11 | Guest Strip by Marjorie Rishel! |
Oct 9, 06 | 16 – Spy Gal Wakes Up |
Apr 20, 12 | Pg. 9 “The Unicef Upstarts” |
Aug 26, 13 | 529 – Why Did Jerry Do It? |
RUFUS EDGE Holy Guest Strips, Captain! I was amazed to get 2 guest strips of high caliber this week, and now, suddenly, I’ve got two more! This latest one was actually submitted as Fan Art, but I think you can easily see why I tossed it into the regular rotation. I literally laughed out loud [...]
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Commentary Ah! Ah! Ah! Too much! There’s just way too much going on in this strip. I could have easily took all the same ideas here and spread them out into three strips instead of compacting them into one. Plus, I was way too in love with my own dialogue. Swifty’s in the first panel [...]
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Oct 15, 06 | 22 – Dr. Rocket is Sorry? |
Jan 6, 09 | Guest Strip by T.L. Collins of “Bullfinch!” |
Dec 23, 08 | 190 – The Origin of Captain Spectacular and Dr. Rocket, Pt. 7 “Test Subjects” |
Jul 28, 14 | 613 – President Reed |
Jul 9, 09 | 215 – Little Snot |
Commentary My previous comments: Some of you have already seen this strip. I did this one a month or so back as a guest strip for Lucas Turnbloom’s “Imagine This”. But…as you can see from the previous strip…it fits right in nicely with our ongoing story. Big thanks to my Tall Tale Features compatriot for lending me [...]
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Sep 4, 08 | 160 – Best Friends Forever? |
Mar 20, 07 | 119 – #@$% Heroic |
Oct 7, 11 | Chapter 12, “Jackpot!” Recap by Steve VanDyken |
Jul 25, 11 | 336 – Walking Diagonally |
Mar 15, 07 | 114 – Enter: Star Maiden |
COMMENTARY The relationship between Spy Gal and Star Maiden is one of my most favorite things in the SuperFogeys, and I don’t spend nearly enough time on it. Spy Gal’s mothering instinct really comes out when she sees someone suffering and yet…she’s still Spy Gal. I think I could have drawn the light effect better [...]
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Jul 8, 10 | 264 – You Betcha |
Nov 27, 17 | 750 – The Big Slap |
Dec 12, 11 | 370 – Ugly Little Man |
Dec 9, 06 | 58 – Jerry’s Single Chest Hair |
Dec 1, 14 | 641 – A Different World, A Different Thrice |
COMMENTARY The angry looks that the Space Pig and Tangerine are giving each are meant to suggest a fallout between them after the events of “The Secret Origin of the Space Pig” (which you can find in SuperFogreys Vol.1, on sale in the SF Store). Tangerine finally arriving at Valhalla was a long time in [...]
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Feb 6, 13 | 478 – What If Money Man Had Lived? |
Oct 28, 08 | 175 – My Pleasure |
Mar 15, 11 | Pg. 7 “Knife to the Throat” |
Jan 8, 10 | Guest Strip by Cory Thomas of “Watch Your Head!” |
Dec 14, 11 | 371 – Leaving Las Vegas |
COMMENTARY Tangerine’s body design presents some unique challenges. He doesn’t really have elbows (the way I draw him anyway) and he’s so much shorter than everybody else that whenever he appears it requires some rethinking of how I usually frame the characters in the panel. I thought long and hard about the use of the [...]
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Jun 27, 11 | 328 – Pairing Off |
Feb 6, 13 | 478 – What If Money Man Had Lived? |
Sep 5, 11 | 348 – The Wheel of Fortune |
Apr 16, 12 | 403 – Don’t Say No to Dark Maiden |
Aug 24, 11 | 345 – Taking a Pill |
COMMENTARY In the first two panels we see that Swifty did indeed use the Space Pig Urine given to him by Dr. Rocket earlier in the chapter. I wish I had chosen a different wall color for the background of this strip (and all those remaining in Chapter 5 for that matter). That brown is [...]
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Sep 12, 14 | Pg. 10 – Breaking Free |
Jun 8, 12 | Pg. 5 “In the 1950s” |
Jul 1, 15 | 650 – GAH! Feelings! |
Aug 25, 09 | SF Origins: Tangerine, Pg. 5 “Making It Right” |
Sep 5, 14 | Pg. 9 – Like Other Men |
COMMENTARY There wasn’t room in the flashback of this chapter to make it explicit that Dr. Rocket was responsible for the public turning against the Captain in the 70’s, so it was nice of Tangerine to make that point for us here. Unfortunately, this strip and the next few are far too wordy. I had [...]
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Oct 5, 11 | Chapter 10, “Bubbles of Light” Recap by Danny Burleson |
Dec 10, 20 | 861 – tink tink tink |
Aug 10, 16 | 689 – Zurida, the Mother |
Dec 28, 09 | Guest Strip by Don Oskowski of “Conduit Flux!” |
Jul 16, 14 | 610 – Do the most you can do. |
COMMENTARY This strip angered a lot of people. No one—and I mean NO ONE—felt that Captain Spectacular would just stand by and watch Spy Gal get knocked out like that. Honestly, I couldn’t understand that reaction based on what we’d just seen in his flashback. Not only is the Captain flawed, but Tangerine is his [...]
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Sep 23, 13 | 537 – The Guthrie |
Nov 2, 10 | SF Origins: Spy Gal, Pg. 10 “Anywhere But Here” |
Mar 29, 07 | 128 – Only Two People in the World… |
Oct 14, 11 | Pg. 3 “Enter: Jimmy-Go-Dead” |
Sep 11, 13 | 534 – Tangerine’s Mission |
COMMENTARY I want to do an entire comic book of Star Maiden just walking around Valhalla and interacting with everyone. She’s so, so much fun to write and draw. Some of my most favorite lines from her ever are in this strip. I wanted to cut down the dialogue for the print edition, but I [...]
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Aug 10, 15 | 667 – The Importance of Good Hygiene |
Aug 26, 13 | 529 – Why Did Jerry Do It? |
Jul 29, 13 | 521 – Spy Gal Awakened |
Apr 20, 12 | Pg. 9 “The Unicef Upstarts” |
TWITTER Hey, anyone else on Twitter? I’ve been on it for about a month now and I think I’ve moved past the addictive stage and into the comfortable I’ll-post-when-I-really-have-something stage. It’s fun. See my Twitter page here. Right now I’m slowly working my way through adding commentary to the strips in Chapter 5. Every time I [...]
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Jul 8, 10 | 264 – You Betcha |
Jun 30, 14 | 605 – Underground Brawl |
Dec 2, 19 | 815 – Two of Them |
Mar 12, 09 | 199 – Life is Like Pastry |
Oct 17, 12 | 450 – Neither One of Them Expected It |
ORIGINAL ART SALE UPDATE! Went ahead and added a piece of art to the store today! Man, that was a lot easier than I thought it would be! Just one strip’s pencils right now, but more to come. Make your requests now! Check out the pencils to 106! Okay, I’ve brought this up before, but [...]
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Oct 12, 11 | 354 – Snap Out of It! |
Jul 23, 18 | Pg. 8 “Better When She Was a Villain” |
Jan 25, 07 | 83 – The Seduction of Dr. Klein |
Apr 9, 09 | 203 – Shame, Shame |
MOTHER OF AN EPISODE So little dialogue…so much drawing…and I don’t like any of it. I’ve gotten slammed in the past for being too critical of my work. Whenever I get into that mode, people usually do one of two things: either 1) defend my work against me and my wonderful insecurities or 2) tell [...]
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Sep 8, 22 | 922 – The New Normal |
Aug 17, 12 | Pg. 2 “Youthfulenergysupersurplus!” |
Sep 8, 09 | SF Origins: Herman’s Story, Pg. 2 “The Happiest Year” |
Dec 2, 11 | Pg. 3 “Enter The Space Pig” |
Dec 9, 10 | 288 – Fill Me In |
FUNERAL It didn’t occur to me until this week how coincidentally timed this chapter of SF is. Unless I miss my guess, today is the 11th anniversary of my own father’s funeral. He died on the 23rd of November. The story of all that is amazing, funny, tragic, epic, inspiring and defining (for me). Yes, [...]
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Nov 25, 10 | 286 – Duty and Retirement |
Jul 2, 18 | Pg. 5 “Promise” |
Nov 11, 08 | 178 – Death, M.D. |
Nov 5, 06 | 33 – Why Walk When You Can Fly? |
Jun 20, 11 | 326 – Air Valhalla |
Today’s Strip… Today’s guest strip comes to us from one Mister Edward Krebes! I love the overlapping punchlines in the last panel and it’s nice to see someone loves Star Maiden as much as I do. Check out Ed’s webcomic Hobo and Bowserimmediately to get your last taste of the Christmas Spirit. See you tomorrow!
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Aug 13, 18 | Swifty Origin, Pg. 11 “Erased” |
Jul 9, 12 | 427 – I Bet He Wishes He Was a Lizard |
Jan 21, 10 | 240 – ZAP! |
Sep 23, 10 | 277 – Judging the Future |
Aug 12, 11 | Pg. 4 “Fear of the Space Pig” |
Today’s Strip… What a great riff on a classic super hero convention! Today’s excellent and quite funny strip comes from T.L. Collins, the creative mind behind the newer webcomic Bullfinch. I really like T.L.’s art and the personality he injects into each of the characters. So much so that…well, you may want to read the next [...]
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SILENCE It’s taken me 197 strips (holy snot, that is such an impossible number to the me of 2 years ago), but I finally did a strip with no dialogue! Believe it or not, this has been a goal of mine for a while, but I could never come up with an idea I felt [...]
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Dec 5, 06 | 54 – Gene Gets What’s Coming to Him |
Jul 3, 13 | 518 – The Last Secret |
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Oct 7, 10 | 279 – Gina Galloway |
Apr 14, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 9 “Press Conference” |
UPDATED WITH LINK! SUPERFOGEYS REVIEWS A-POPPIN’ Still no word on when that big time interview is landing, but hopefully it will be soon. In the meantime, how about some reviews? Jackson Ferrell over at one of my favorite sites, “This Week in Webcomics” has changed his reviewing tactics a bit and decided to focus solely on [...]
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Apr 25, 12 | 406 – Spy Gal’s Wall of Evidence |
Feb 1, 17 | 731 – Mr. Brightside |
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Dec 16, 10 | 289 – Not Yet |
“SORRY, FIDEL” SHIRT UPDATE! The shirts are in! They should be going out this week so those of you that ordered them will be getting them very, very soon. If you’ve been waiting to order yours, now’s the time! You can get them right here. LOST SEASON 5 FINALE I’m so frickin’ pumped for the finale! [...]
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T.L. COLLINS INTERVIEWED ON THE VILLAINS CORNER WEBCOMIC CHAT! Found this while googling (why didn’t you tell me about it, TL!?). It’s a fantastic interview with TL and the guys over at Villains Corner about both Bullfinch and SuperFogeys Origins. TL goes in depth on the creation of Bullfinch and the painful process that it [...]
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AND THE WRITER OF THE FOREWORD TO SUPERFOGEYS VOLUME ONE IS… Rich Johnston of BleedingCool.com! I’ve been reading Rich’s work for years, first his “Lying in the Gutters” column over at Comic Book Resources, and now on his own site. Rich is the foremost gossip mongerer in comic book land. He’s always on top of the [...]
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by Brock Heasley on November 3rd, 2009UPDATE! KRISHNA POSTS THE ROUGH THUMBNAILS TO THIS PAGE! Over at his PC Weenies site, Krishna has posted the thumbnails to this very page. Krishna’s thumbs are better than a lot of people’s finished art and I think I probably could have gotten away with just posting those and a lot of you might not [...]
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UPDATED! SEE THE ROUGHS TO THIS PAGE! Over on his own site, Krishna has posted the roughs for the page you see above. There’s so much energy to Krishna’s original ideas. Definitely worth a look. THE FIGHT IS ON! If you dig the art above as much as I do, be sure and check out more [...]
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